UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums Resources and Customizing How Do I? Image Size In Posts

This is not a customizing issue. I love having images allowed in posts in my forum because it adds so much to the content especially with technical images. I have PhotoPost integrated with my forum and most of my community that posts images uses it. I have it set up to automatically resize images to a size below 600 pixels wide to work well in the forums. I have one member that insists on posting pictures from his own host with large resolution/dimensions and it forces the forum to widen, most times off screen.

Is there a way to prevent the dynamic resizing of my forum when these images are posted? My forum dimensions are set to a specific dimension but when this happens that apparently gets ignored.

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Is there a way to prevent images from anywhere but my server from displaying?

I suppose I could whip this member into submission but he is likely not going to be the last. Aside from that I don't want to be accused of bandwidth theft.

add to the Extra Properties section in each style on your board.

.post-content img {
max-width: 600px;
}

save the style

you can also add a max-height, if he's posting very TALL pictures

That unfortunately did not work. I added it to all syles just to be sure. Tested it a few times with one of the offending photos as a reply, new post etc. Is it possible to use htaccess to simply block outside images and force the use of my site's gallery? I do like the idea of trying to do this from within UBB Threads though!

um that should work.. can you point me to a thread in question ? i'll dally about with Firebug and should get it right. i might have a typo

not sure.. but i've done similar to this already and got good results..

I sent you a PM - thanx for messing with this!

i'm guessing you are using IE6, which essentially ignores max-width and max-height..

As does FFoX3 :snicker:

no FF3 does not ignore it. it does it right

i just verified this on his site, as would be expected

that's css2 stuff and all browsers should handle it

Workaround and it's ugly

another workaround that i've done for avatars on certain sites, which would apply here.. is to:

1) run a script that trundles thru all posts and searches for externally linked images.
2) that script then grabs each one and sizes them properly and stores them on your server
3) modify the img tag parser to do this for any [img] tag in the future..

i used that idea with avatars, to corral all the external ones, upload them, resize and then i turned off external avatars..

other option is to disallow IE5.5 and IE6, but it's prolly not a good idea

I read through that but not sure where to place the code. It is not working anywhere I put it. If I read the info in the link it looks like I can place the code anywhere in the document I wish to control image size. I tried the header and in the style editor under post content...

Well the link you posted was a good start. I did some Googling and found several different methods of attempting this. I then stumbled upon a post on the Eve support forums and modified the code to work within UBB. I tested it in IE-6 and FF and it works in both but I can't test it in any other browsers so if anyone else tries this let us know that you verified that it works or not. Don't be impressed - I read a lot and try many times until something works or I step in shyt! I hope someone else finds this helpful too.

that's perfect, since ie6 will ignore the max-width and all other standards based browsers will handle it..

then IE6 comes along and evaluates the width line, while ignoring the max-width one

good show

you'll find that if it works in FF, then you have a high probability it will work in ALL other browsers except IE

matter of fact, when i do a site design (css), i'll design for it to look good in Firefox 1st, then i FIX the site for any IE quirks..

safari is the only one that is 'picky', but that is usually with regards javascript quirks, that i've found

I just tried it in IE7 and FF3 and it works great thanks!

Ian

Thank you very much

i think i will be using this too

Ive just sent it too myself

I believe someone I know asked for this too...

Not sure as I've not investigated the details of this subject but this article may be of some value on the subject.

When the Legend Won't Wrap - Revisited for Firefox 3